Teacher Lesson Plan Form Quarter 1

Grade:3 Date: 16/2/2014 Subject: Science Time

Distribution
Topic Soil
Standard
Objectives - Explore soil and identify its components.

Materials/ Smart board , photos, markers, soil

Resources
Key words/ New Soil, humus, minerals
vocabulary
Activity(ies)

Warm up - T: greets the sts and asks them about their vacation
and how it was.
- T: shows the students the soil and asks them to think
of how the soil is made.
Instruction
- T: explains the how the soil is made up of weathered
rocks.
- T: explains what humus is and how it is important.
- T: explains how living things in the soil help air and
water get into the soil.

Guided Practice/
Independent
Practice/CW
Assessment

Notes / HW/
Assignment
 Teacher Lesson Plan Form Quarter 1

Grade:3 Date: 17/2/2014 Subject: Science Time

Distribution
Topic Soil
Standard
Objectives - Explore different layers of soil
- Compare and contrast different soils.

Materials/ Smart board , photos, markers, soil

Resources
Key words/ New Topsoil, subsoil , bedrock, texture, clay, loam
vocabulary
Activity(ies) - T: experiment the different types of soil.

Warm up - T: greets the students and revises the humus, its

function
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Instruction
- T: introduces the different layers of the soil.
- T: explains what makes the different colors of soils
- T: explains the different soil textures.
- T: explains the different types.

Guided Practice/
Independent
Practice/CW
Assessment

Notes / HW/
Assignment
 Teacher Lesson Plan Form Quarter 1

Grade:3 Date: 19/2/2014 Subject: Science Time

Distribution
Topic Soil
Standard
Objectives - Drawing conclusion of the best type of soil
- Recognizing the best type of soil for planting
- The importance of soil as a natural resource
Materials/ Smart board , photos, markers
Resources
Key words/ New Loam, natural resource
vocabulary
Activity(ies)

Warm up - T: explores with sts how their experiment worked

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Instruction
- T: asks sts to draw conclusions of which soil hold
water most.
- T: explains that the loam is a mixture of the three
types of soil and that this is the best as it holds
enough water for the plants to grow and not too
much so as not to kill the plants.
- T: asks the students what the problem is if the soil
isn’t present>
- T: elicits their answers and write them on the board.
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Guided Practice/
Independent
Practice/CW
Assessment

Notes / HW/ Pages 1 an 2 in the booklet

Assignment
 Teacher Lesson Plan Form Quarter 1

Grade:3 Date: 19/2/2014 Subject: Science Time

Distribution
Topic Soil and fossils
Standard
Objectives - Revision
- Define what is a fossil
- Explore how different types of fossils are formed
Materials/ Smart board , photos, markers
Resources
Key words/ New Fossils,
vocabulary
Activity(ies)

Warm up - T: revises the (Soil) lesson and then answers the

workbook
Instruction
- T: shows the sts photos of fossils and asks sts to
predict what the lesson will be about.
- T: explains the different types of fossils using pictures
and the book for deeper understanding.

Guided Practice/
Independent Answer the workbook
Practice/CW
Assessment

Notes / HW/ Page 3 in the booklet

Assignment